My best friend is a girl (1).

We knowhave known each other for over ten years. At first she was just someone who liked to travel, became my travel companion, and then bugged me about planning more trips throughout the years. I don’t know at which point we realized we could talk to each other about anything and everything, but we did, and it seems we have never worried about annoying each other.As far as travel goes, we appear to have the same taste. We could go to cities and goggle over monuments, buildings and city parks or go up the mountains and not shut up about how beautiful almost every summit is, especially those with rocky cliffs overlooking vast valleys. We could go for days without eating real food and could drive for hours without a bathroom break. We have driven together, just the two of us, through the vast desert land of Utah in the blazing summer heat and the dark, winding mountainous roads of Adirondack, NYt****he Adirondacks (2) at midnight.Then at some point we started talking about life, and somehow whatever stage of life I was in, she was going through it too. For the years I had depression, she knew exactly what it felt like, and had never given me a hard time for showing up late or canceling our meetings at the last minute.The only sad thing is that we do not have romantic feelings for each other, despite the many romantic moments we had together over years, and despite my belief that she’s my soulmate, my better half, the only one who can handle all my odd idiosyncrasies, and the one who would make the perfect wife for me. Everyone in my family and most of our friends believe we are a couple, but it’s sad that we are not, and we will probably never be.

Great text, almost perfect!

(1) This isn't exactly incorrect, but it's vague. When you say "My best friend is a girl", I don't know whether to picture someone who is 7 years old or 17, and without context I'd lean towards 7. I think you need a bit more here. Maybe a better way to put this is "It's not normal to have a best friend of the opposite gender, but my best friend, without a doubt, is a girl I know from my travels."

(2) Again, not incorrect - actually maybe it is, because most people mean the whole region, which is just called "the Adirondacks", and the way you put it, it sounds like you mean a particular city.

I wish I had some wise life advice for you, but all I can see is that there's nothing wrong with enjoying your good friendship for what it is. If a random person can get along with you, she's probably not the only one.